Human Impact Formative

A strip mining company wants to lease some land that is currently part of a national park. They promise to reclaim the land should any minerals be mined from the area, and they are willing to pay top dollar for the rights. Which effect of mining for resources most directly impacts the biosphere?

• increasing erosion of soil

• adding particulates to the air

• habitat loss

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Which example best describes how human activity can directly impact the geosphere?

• Poor farming practices can degrade the soil and cause erosion.

• Dumping waste from a factory into a river can pollute the water supply.

• Construction activities can release harmful dust and chemicals into the air.

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The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change

• the seasons

• natural change

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How are greenhouse gasses harming our environment?

• Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to cool down

• Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to warm up

• More heat is able to escape

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What evidence is there to support that Global Warming is occurring? Click all that apply!

• Rising ocean temperatures

• Declining arctic sea glacers

• Sea levels rising

• Decrease in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

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Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?

• deforestation

• recycling

• heating homes with fossil fuels  

What environmental problem can you detect in the picture?

• urbanization

• reclamation

• deforestation.

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What happens when waste is dumped into water?

• Waste acts like a poison to plants in the water

• Waste acts like a fertilizer, promoting growth of bacteria and algae

• Waste raises the temperature of water

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Which is a nonrenewable natural resource?

• Trees
• Solar energy
• Oil
• Oxygen

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Eutrophication is caused by

• runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients

• cleaning up waterways

• using nuclear energy

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